Maintenance Operative

Beyond Housing; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A community housing organization in Tees Valley is seeking a maintenance operative to support their repairs team. In this role, you will perform various maintenance tasks, including repairing roofs and working at height. Ideal candidates will possess strong teamwork skills and a willingness to mentor others. The organization values collaboration and aims to provide homes and services that enhance customer lives.

Benefits

Agile working

Generous holiday entitlement

Competitive pension scheme

Health cash plan

Recognition schemes

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Demonstrates the ability to work well in a team.
• Willingness to mentor apprentices, volunteers or work experience placements where applicable.
• Ability to perform maintenance tasks at height.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of services by carrying out maintenance tasks as part of the repairs team.
• Repair roofs and install, remove or repair fences and gates, and undertake similar maintenance duties as required.
• Work collaboratively with caretakers and other departments as needed.

Skills

Teamwork

Mentoring

Working at height

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a maintenance operative who will fit right in and add value to our repairs team. We are bold, ambitious, and proud to admit it. We have gone through a significant period of growth and change, and we are looking for someone as brilliant as you, to support the delivery of our services.

As a maintenance operative, you will have a varied role and supporting colleagues with tasks such as repairing roofs, installing, removing or repairing fences and gates and much more. You’ll need to be a great team player, as from time to time you’ll work collaboratively with caretakers as well as other departments in the business. This role will also involve working at height.

We’re looking for someone who will embody and adopt our Beyond Housing company values of being considerate, collaborative, ambitious and accountable as part of their everyday conduct. If this sounds like you, apply today!

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of services by carrying out maintenance tasks as part of the repairs team.
• Repair roofs and install, remove or repair fences and gates, and undertake similar maintenance duties as required.
• Work collaboratively with caretakers and other departments as needed.
• Work at height where required.
• Mentor an apprentice, volunteer or work experience placement where applicable.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Demonstrates the ability to work well in a team.
• Willingness to mentor apprentices, volunteers or work experience placements where applicable.
• Ability to perform maintenance tasks at height.

About Beyond Housing

Beyond Housing’s Employability team is here to support your application. If you need any assistance please call 0345 065 5656 or email [e-mail].

Contact for informal chat

Lynsey Simmons is our Repairs Team Leader, so if you fancy an informal chat about the role, why not give her a call on 07811 592593.

Application details

Closing date for applications is Friday 7 November 2025. Applications will be reviewed throughout the duration of the advert and we may close it early should enough applications be received.

We are not working with recruitment agencies on this vacancy.

Benefits

• Agile working – to give you that positive work-life balance. This enables you to work up to two days from home (if your role is suitable for that) after you have settled in and learned the ropes.
• Generous holiday entitlement (up to 39 days including bank holidays after 5 years’ service) with the ability to purchase more if you wish.
• Impressive salaries that match the market rate, with a commitment to an annual cost of living rise.
• Commitment to paying the Real Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
• Competitive pension scheme with generous employer contributions.
• Life assurance and generous time off for bereavement.
• Health cash plan to claim back basic medical expenses, plus free flu jabs.
• Free tea, coffee (and cordial) in the workplace.
• Recognition schemes such as weekly “Cheers For Peers”, “Star of the Quarter” and annual Star Awards.
• Long service awards every 5 years.
• Cycle to work scheme and cycle parking.
• Cashback and discounts scheme with retailers and leisure providers.
• Salary sacrifice electric vehicle lease scheme.

Our story began in 2018 and we’d like you to be part of our future. With over 15,000 homes, 30,000 customers and 750 colleagues, we’re changing lives every day. Our mission is to provide homes customers want, services they value, delivered by people who care. We want to help our customers and communities to succeed and thrive. Considerate, collaborative, ambitious and accountable – that’s just our way of life.

Equality, diversity and fairness

At Beyond Housing, we are committed to ensuring that all applicants are treated fairly throughout our recruitment and selection processes and are not discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.